Why was Edwin Shaw in Kent in 1861?

The census returns for Edwin Shaw working in the Blacksmithy trade, firstly in Dudley, where he was born ...

30 March 1851	Watsons Green Dudley WOR (HO107/2033 f293 p83, p84)
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Age of		Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Male	Female	Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
William SHAW	Head	Marr	49		Fender Maker	Dudley WOR
Mary SHAW	Wife	Marr		46		Dudley WOR
~
Benjamin SHAW	Son	Unm	22		Pudler	Dudley WOR
Edwin SHAW	Son	Unm	18		Blacksmith	Dudley WOR
Alfred SHAW	Son	Unm	16		Fender Maker	Dudley WOR
Hannah SHAW	Daughter	Unm		14	Scholar	Dudley WOR
Ellen SHAW	Daughter	Unm		12	Scholar	Dudley WOR
Herbert SHAW	Son		10		Scholar	Dudley WOR

... and then in Kent ...

7 April 1861	Hope Street, Minster, Sheppey KEN (RG9/530 f147 p13, p14)
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Age of		Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Male	Female	Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Joseph SOUTH	Head	Marr	44		Smiths Hammerman	Sheerness KEN
Eliza SOUTH	Wife	Marr		50		Sheerness KEN
Mary Ann SOUTH	Daughter	Unm		19	Dress Maker	Sheerness KEN
Sarah Ann SOUTH	Daughter	Unm		16	Dress Maker	Sheerness KEN
Emma SOUTH	Daughter	Unm		14		Sheerness KEN
Philis M SOUTH	Daughter			11		Sheerness KEN
~
John SOUTH	Son		9		Scholar	Sheerness KEN
Louisa SOUTH	Daughter			7	Scholar	Sheerness KEN
Thomas DAVIS	Lodger	Unm	27		Smiths Hammerman	Lewton Lees LAN
Edward SHAW	Lodger	Unm	28		Smiths Hammerman	Dudley WOR

... before moving to Birmingham ...

2 April 1871	12 Heath Street, All Saints, Birmingham WAR (RG10/3131 f4 p2)
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Age of		Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Male	Female	Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Ruth COOPER	Head	Widow		26		Harborne STS
Frederick James COOPER	Son		2			Birmingham WAR
Edwin SHAW	Boarder	Unm	38		Smith in factory	Dudley WOR
Herbert SHAW	Boarder	Unm	30		Driller(?) in factory	Dudley WOR
Francis Marie GARRETT	Boarder	Marr		38		Liverpool LAN

3 April 1881	62 Devonshire Street, Birmingham WAR (RG11/3009 f102 p46)
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Age of		Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Male	Female	Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Edwin SHAW	Head	Marr	48		Blacksmiths Striker	Dudley STS
Elizabeth SHAW	Wife	Marr		35	Strikers Wife	Birmingham WAR
Lizzie SHAW	Daughter	Unm		9	Scholar	Birmingham WAR
William E SHAW	Son	Unm	8		Scholar	Birmingham WAR
Florence A SHAW	Daughter	Unm		7	Scholar	Birmingham WAR
Adam HICKS	Lodger		35		Brushmaker	Stamford
John HICKS	Lodger		22		Jeweller	Stamford

5 April 1891	62 Devonshire Street, Birmingham WAR (RG12/2400 f33 p42)
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Age of		Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Male	Female	Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Edwin SHAW	Head	Marr	58		Striker	Dudley WOR
Elizabeth SHAW	Wife	Marr		48		Birmingham WAR
Lizzie SHAW	Daughter	Unm		19	Warehouse Girl	Birmingham WAR
William SHAW	Son	Unm	18		Brushmaker	Birmingham WAR
Florence A SHAW	Daughter	Unm		17	Jeweller	Birmingham WAR

Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Age of		Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
31 March 1901	118 Lodge Road, Birmingham WAR (RG13/2851 f55 p1)					4 rooms
Name	Relationship to Head of Family	Condition as to Marriage	Male	Female	Rank, Profession or Occupation	Where Born
Edwin SHAW	Head	Marr	68		Blacksmith's Striker	Dudley WOR
Elizabeth SHAW	Wife	Marr		56		Birmingham WAR
William Edwin SHAW	Son	Unm	28		Brushmaker	Birmingham WAR
Florence Amelia SHAW	Daughter	Unm		27	Jeweller	Birmingham WAR
William Thomas DROW	Boarder	Unm	26		Brushmaker	Walsall STS
William FREEMAN	Boarder	Unm	23		Cabinet maker	Redruth CON

Moving from Dudley to Birmingham is understandable, but why the detour via Minster?